Coronation Street fans have been left heartbroken and have asked soap bosses 'what have you done' as one of the ITV soap's much-loved friendships appears to be over.
As fans of the long-running show know, Lauren Bolton been missing for several weeks having last been seen on February 23 after being sacked from her job at Roy's Rolls by Roy Cropper.
The cafe owner later visited her with her wages and some extra cash to tide her over. But soon after, the teen was visited at home by a mystery person who viewers never got to see and she hasn't been seen in Weatherfield since as new love interest and Carla Connor's nephew Bobby found her flat unlocked and eerily empty. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Cait Fitton flooded with same message after posing for stunning glammed-up snaps READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here But the missing person case soon became a murder probe when blood was found in Lauren's flat.
Roy quickly became DS Lisa Swain's prime suspect after it emerged he was the last person to see her alive and his fingerprints were then found on a condom wrapper in the flat after he misguidedly gave it a deep clean to help sub-letter Evelyn Plummer.
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